2019 Annual “Think Big” Gala
An evening of music and celebration to raise funds for Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s performance and education programs. Guests will be treated to an exclusive “director’s cut” style listening (and viewing) session of our newly released album “The Chicago River” an Orbert Davis orchestral composition.
2019 Annual “Think Big” Gala “The Chicago River” Album Release Celebration
What: evening of music and celebration to raise funds for Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s performance and education programs. Guests will be treated to an exclusive “director’s cut” style listening (and viewing) session of excerpts from our newly released album “The Chicago River”, an Orbert Davis orchestral composition inspired by photographs from The Lost Panorama documenting the historic reversal of our city’s waterway.
When: May 16, 2019 at The River Roast (315 N. LaSalle St., Chicago)
Who: CJP donors, fans, friends of Host Committee members, corporate executives, and members of Chicago’s philanthropic and arts community
7:00 PM
Departures of downtown Water Taxis to River Roast dock
Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction
Seated Dinner and Program
“The Chicago River” hi‐definition listening and viewing experience, with commentary from Orbert Davis (composer) and Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, co‐authors of the book The Lost Panorama
Presentation of “Think Big” Founder’s Award to:
Ted and Susan Oppenheimer
Inaugural “Jazz Alive” Educator’s Award to:
Valerie Nicholson, Professor of Music, Prairie State College
Tickets and Tables:
Tables of ten (10) are $2,500 ‐ $20,000 Individual Tickets are $250
Contact: Birdie Soti, Executive Director
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic ‐ 1111 N. Wells Street, Suite 501, Chicago, IL 60610 Tel. (312) 573‐8932, x. 936 Email. birdie.soti@chijazzphil.org
From the Archives “Infiniti in Black”
Orbert Davis: "Infiniti in Black" – Act 1 from Mai-Tech Interactive on Vimeo.
Orbert Davis: "Infiniti in Black" – Act 2 from Mai-Tech Interactive on Vimeo.
Orbert Davis: "Infiniti in Black" – Act 3 from Mai-Tech Interactive on Vimeo.
Paradise Blue
Music composed by Orbert Davis for TimeLine Theatre Company, Chicago IL (PJ Powers, Artistic Director; Elizabeth K. Auman, Managing Director) and its 2017 production of Paradise Blue written by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Ron OJ Parson, and supported in part by The Chicago Community Trust. Music performed by Orbert Davis and members of Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, featuring Rajiv Halim Orozco.
About Orbert
Emmy Award-winning trumpeter, composer, and educator, Orbert Davis is co-founder, conductor and Artistic Director of CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC, a 55+ piece jazz-symphonic orchestra dedicated to multi-genre projects. Full bio »